strait

Etymology
From, from (modern form ), from , perfect passive participle of. .

Adjective

 * 1)  Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
 * 2) * 1894,, “To One in Bedlam” in The Second Book of The Rhymers’ Club, London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, p. 35,
 * Those scentless wisps of straw, that miserably line
 * His strait, caged universe, whereat the dull world stares,
 * Pedant and pitiful.
 * 1)  Righteous, strict.
 * 2)  Tight; close; tight-fitting.
 * 3)  Close; intimate; near; familiar.
 * 4)  Difficult; distressful.
 * 5) * 18th c.,, Sermons on Several Subjects, 2nd edition, 1771, Volume III, Sermon XI, p. 253,
 * But to make your strait Circumstances yet straiter, for the Sake of idle Gratifications, and distress yourselves in Necessaries, only to indulge in Trifles and Vanities, delicate Food, shewish Dress, ensnaring Diversions, is every Way wrong.
 * 1)  Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
 * 1)  Close; intimate; near; familiar.
 * 2)  Difficult; distressful.
 * 3) * 18th c.,, Sermons on Several Subjects, 2nd edition, 1771, Volume III, Sermon XI, p. 253,
 * But to make your strait Circumstances yet straiter, for the Sake of idle Gratifications, and distress yourselves in Necessaries, only to indulge in Trifles and Vanities, delicate Food, shewish Dress, ensnaring Diversions, is every Way wrong.
 * 1)  Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
 * But to make your strait Circumstances yet straiter, for the Sake of idle Gratifications, and distress yourselves in Necessaries, only to indulge in Trifles and Vanities, delicate Food, shewish Dress, ensnaring Diversions, is every Way wrong.
 * 1)  Parsimonious; stingy; mean.

Usage notes

 * The adjective is often confused with.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃
 * Macedonian: те́сен
 * Maori: kikī

Noun



 * 1)  A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
 * 2) A narrow pass, passage or street.
 * 3) A neck of land; an isthmus.
 * 4)  A difficult position.
 * 5) * 1684,, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 420,
 * let no man, who owns the Belief of a Providence, grow desperate or forlorn, under any Calamity or Strait whatsoever
 * 1) A neck of land; an isthmus.
 * 2)  A difficult position.
 * 3) * 1684,, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 420,
 * let no man, who owns the Belief of a Providence, grow desperate or forlorn, under any Calamity or Strait whatsoever
 * 1) * 1684,, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 420,
 * let no man, who owns the Belief of a Providence, grow desperate or forlorn, under any Calamity or Strait whatsoever

Usage notes

 * The geographical term straits used in the name of a location (as a proper noun) does not necessarily imply the existence of multiple straits; see for instance the Bering Straits, the Straits of Gibraltar, the Straits of Hormuz, the Straits of Juan de Fuca, the Straits of Magellan, the Straits of Malacca, the Sunda Straits, the Taiwan Straits, etc.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: боғаҙ
 * Basque: itsasate
 * Belarusian: пралі́ў, прато́ка
 * Bengali: প্রণালী
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Central Melanau: selet
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: boğaz
 * Czech:
 * Danish: stræde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: სრუტე
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πορθμός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: जलसंधि, जलसंयोगी, जलडमरू,, , आबनाए
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Iranun: tarusan
 * Irish: caol
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ច្រកសមុទ្រ, ដៃសមុទ្រ
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: пролив
 * Kyrgyz: кысык
 * Lao: ຊ່ອງແຄບ
 * Latin: fretum
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: sąsiauris
 * Macedonian: про́ток, те́снец, мо́реуз
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori: kūititanga, awa
 * Marathi: सामुद्रधुनी
 * Mongolian:, тэнгисийн хоолой
 * Nepali: जलसन्धि
 * Nogai: богаз
 * Norman: dêtrait
 * Northern Sami: čoalbmi
 * Norwegian:, strede, strete,
 * Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਪਣਜੋੜ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: caol
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: теснац, тјеснац, мореуз
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: prieliv
 * Slovene: preliv,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kipot
 * Tajik: гулӯгоҳ
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian: прото́ка, проли́в
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Võro: salm
 * Welsh: swnt, culfor, cyfyngfor, cyfyngfor
 * Yiddish: דורכגאָס, דורכגוס


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian: те́снина, те́снец


 * Finnish: ,
 * Maori: kūititanga


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Macedonian: тешко́тија, те́снец
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: затрудни́тельное положе́ние
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Sindhi:
 * Telugu:

Verb

 * 1)  To confine; put to difficulties.
 * 2)  To tighten.
 * 1)  To tighten.
 * 1)  To tighten.
 * 1)  To tighten.

Adverb

 * 1)  Strictly; rigorously.